Detecting Imposters at Point of Entry Are Your Practices Sterling ? Arjun Vinodrai World Education Services Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September Phoenix, Arizona

Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September Phoenix, Arizona Detecting Imposters at Point of Entry General Practices in Document Review Issues and Trends- WES’s Documentation Policy –Receiving documents directly from institutions –Communicating with applicants –Trends in document verification –Reviewing incoming correspondence Status of Institutions Discussion

Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September Phoenix, Arizona Document Review: Key Questions Does the institution exist? What is the status of the institution? Does it offer the program that is indicated on the document? Did the candidate complete the prerequisites for admission into the program that led to the credential in question? Is the educational history logical with respect to the country in question?

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Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September Phoenix, Arizona

Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September Phoenix, Arizona

Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September Phoenix, Arizona The Bologna Process

Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September Phoenix, Arizona Receiving Documents Directly from Institutions Documents must be sent directly to WES, or its partners (licensing bodies and academic institutions), by the institution for credentials from countries where this is common practice At present this is required for 162 countries (from Anguilla to Zimbabwe) Documents from countries where it is not common practice to send directly, are submitted for verification to the institution that issued them Requests are sent via mail, fax and and Fax responses are accepted only in instances where it is known common practice

Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September Phoenix, Arizona Communicating with Applicants

Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September Phoenix, Arizona Document Verification

Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September Phoenix, Arizona Document Verification

Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September Phoenix, Arizona Document Verification

Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September Phoenix, Arizona New Institutions and Status of Institutions

Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September Phoenix, Arizona

Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September Phoenix, Arizona Bogus Institution

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